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Ex-Met Police inspector lied about wife's death in Barbados hotel room

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Summary

  • Former Metropolitan Police detective inspector Warren Arter gave conflicting accounts of how his wife Rebekah died in a Barbados hotel room in June 2024.
  • Arter met Rebekah when she reported domestic abuse to police in 2006, then subjected her to abuse, coercive control, and drugging for over a decade.
  • Barbados authorities failed to preserve evidence or interview hotel staff; a UK coroner recorded an open verdict and the cause of death is unknown.
  • The Met declined Rebekah's family's request to send detectives to Barbados, saying no allegation of criminality had been made.
  • Arter was suspended and investigated over eight alleged victims while keeping full salary, then dismissed in 2023 for drug offences.
  • He took his own life in HMP Wandsworth days after being arrested for allegedly abusing another woman.

Reactions

  • Rebekah Arter's family says the Metropolitan Police failed her.
  • Hotel security guard Andrew says Arter's explanation kept changing and he performed CPR despite Rebekah's lips being blue.
  • Arter's daughter-in-law Lacey says he was outright lying and forgetting what he told people.
  • A security supervisor says Arter appeared controlling; front-desk staff suspected he was drugging Rebekah.
  • The Metropolitan Police says it did not send detectives to Barbados because no allegation of criminality had been made.
  • Barbadian police did not respond to a request for comment.

Timeline newest first

  1. Warren Arter, 54, took his own life in HMP Wandsworth days after returning from Barbados and being arrested for allegedly abusing another woman.
  2. A UK coroner recorded an open verdict on Rebekah Arter's death, whose cause remains unknown.
  3. Hotel staff at the O2 Beach Club in Barbados reported that Warren Arter behaved suspiciously and gave conflicting accounts of Rebekah's June 2024 death; he was briefly detained then released.
  4. Four days after Rebekah Arter's death, a Metropolitan Police Gold Command boss was briefed, but no officers travelled to Barbados.
  5. Barbados authorities failed to preserve evidence, forensic tests were not taken, and a pathologist 'chopped up' Rebekah Arter's organs.
  6. In 2023, Warren Arter was dismissed by the Metropolitan Police for drug offences after seven years of suspension on full detective inspector salary.
  7. While suspended, Warren Arter was investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct over his conduct towards eight alleged victims but was never convicted.
  8. In 2009, Warren Arter was placed in charge of a Metropolitan Police unit in south-east London investigating rape cases.
  9. In 2006, Rebekah Arter reported domestic abuse to the Metropolitan Police; Warren Arter investigated her case, pursued a relationship with her, and moved in not long after.

Sources newest first

  • Ex-Met Police inspector lied about wife's death in Barbados hotel room, BBC learnsbbc.com· 5h

    A BBC Panorama investigation finds that Warren Arter, an ex-Metropolitan Police detective inspector investigated for sexually exploiting vulnerable victims, lied about how his wife Rebekah died in a Barbados hotel room in 2024, giving conflicting accounts to staff and family. Barbados authorities failed to preserve evidence or interview hotel staff, a UK coroner recorded an open verdict, the Met declined to send detectives despite the family's request, and Arter took his own life in Wandsworth prison days after his arrest.